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The Center for Structural Biology is a multi-disciplinary center for experimental investigations designed to examine the structural and functional characteristics of biological macromolecules and how these changes in these properties relate to specific diseases. Projects currently under investigation are examining the underlying mechanisms for alcoholism, cancer, diabetes, liver and heart disease.
The Center for Structural Biology is currently comprised of the following faculty members from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology:
Thomas Hurley, Ph.D.- Center Director
William Bosron, Ph.D.- Co-Investigator
Zhong-Yin Zhang, Ph.D. - Co-Investigator and Chair of the Department
Millie Georgiadis, Ph.D. - Co-Investigator
Qizhuang Ye, Ph.D. - Co-Investigator
Yuichiro Takagi, Ph.D. - Co-Investigator
Samy Meroueh, Ph.D. - Co-Investigator
The Center for Structural Biology is currently equipped with two groups of state of art instruments:
X-Ray Crystallography
The instrument pictured on the right is a RAXIS IV++ Image Plate detector for collection of X-ray diffraction data.
Biacore
The image on the left shows the Biacore 3000 instrument for examination of macromolecular binding interactions.
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